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  • Blackberry Z10 and Blackberry Q10 Tech Spec Comparison
altBefore the advent of iphone and Android mobile phones blackBerry phone was considered as an elite mobile phone which was mainly associated with professionals. At those time blackberry was all work and less of fun. But time changed with the coming of iPhone and android phones as the market saw a paradigm shift in the technology. The market of Blackberry phone took a deep dive and the future of BlackBerry was uncertain. The constantly falling sales and share value led the founder & CEO, Mike Lazaridis to quit words went out for a possible takeover of the company. Year 2012 was really a challenging year for blackberry.
 
BlackBerry started its new year 2013 with a bang. They launched their two much awaited smart phones namely Z10 & Q10 which will run on BlackBerry 10 OS. The electrifying event led by CEO Thorsten Heins witnessed huge number of people, blogger, journalist and tech-enthusiast. Time will tell us how much successful both the phone will be but let us see what how Blackberry Z10 and Q10 are different from the other phones in the market.
 

Features

Blackberry Z10

 

Blackberry Q10

 

Network

 

2G, 3G,4G

2G, 3G

 

Weight

 

135 g

139 g

Screen

4.2-inch, 768 x 1280 pixels, 16 million colors, Capacitive touch screen (355 ppi pixel density)

3.1-inch, 720 x 720 pixels, 16 million colors, Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen (328 ppi pixel density)

Camera

8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash,

Yes

Video

Primary:1080p@30fps

Secondary: 720p@30fps

Primary: Yes

Secondary: Yes

Memory

Internal: 16GB

Expandable: 32 GB

Internal: Yes

Expandable: 32 GB

DATA

GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC, USB

GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC, USB

Chipset/CPU/RAM/OS

Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon/ Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait/2 GB/ BlackBerry 10 OS

TI OMAP 4470/ Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9/2 GB/ BlackBerry 10 OS

Additional features/Battery life

BBM6, BlackBerry Social hub, Organizer, BlackBerry Balance, BlackBerry Story Maker, Document viewer/ up to 10 hr

BBM6, BlackBerry Social hub, Organizer, BlackBerry Balance, BlackBerry Story Maker, Document viewer/ up to 10 hr

 

At first glance we see there is no huge difference in the specs of these two phones from the those high end that are currently present in the market but they do have made some honest upgrades like the OS platform, full HD recording, powerful processor, screen share, social hub, BlackBerry Balance etc. It will quiet early to comment on whether these products will revive the company’s fortune of sliding market share but it does give them the hope that they are still in the market and future still holds many promises for them.